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My name rhymes with "Lisa," I live in Midland, Texas, because it's warm and the mortgage is cheap, and of course this is my natural hair color. Of course! The EGE--The Ever-Gorgeous Earl--is my husband of 35 years. I have the best job in the world because I get to call up artists and ask them nosy questions and then write about them. I also stitch, podcast, blog, and then, in my spare time, do it all some more.

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Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Wardrobe Redux: H&M Shirt

A while back, I saw a photo of Ari Seth Cohen, of Advanced Style, wearing a pair of bright tennis shoes. Either pink or orange--I can't remember. I sent him a note and asked where he got them, and he said, "H&M, in Paris."

Great. I adore The EGE, but I'm not going to Paris to get him shoes.

Then, when we were in Phoenix for Art Unraveled, we went shopping with Jeanie Thorn and Tonia Davenport and went to an H&M there, just in case they had some. Indeed! Men's orange tennies! Cheap, unfortunately: I don't think they'll survive being laundered, and they're getting very, very dirty. So no photos of the shoes.

But I also found this shirt/blouse on clearance:


It definitely had possibilities, and it was cheap (did I mention "on clearance"?) so I bought it, never mind that it's thin and not a color I 1) wear or 2) can dye something fabulous (blue can go either purple or teal). I cut it shorter in the front and then added a lot of denim-colored stitching, and I like it:

 A little help from the wind to show you the shape.
(Sorry for the shadow-y, wind-poofy photos. 
We were rushing, trying to get some before we left the house.)

I'll wear it over a tank or t, with jeans.  Probably boots.

More later--I'm trying to get photos of all the projects I've altered this summer.

Whew. XO

9 comments:

Sandra said...

love this...

Jeannie said...

I adore that top!

Carol Leigh said...

I gotta say, it is SO WEIRD to see in you in something so colorless. I don't know about this one ... it just doesn't scream YOU. What does Earl think?

Ricë said...

Thanks! And, Carol, I know what you mean. he says (yeah, I went in and asked him, just for you!), "It isn't one of the colors we usually wear, but it fits your shape well and looks good."

I'm being drawn back to the days when I wore denim and chambray, for whatever reason. There's something about worn, faded, soft denim and chambray. I don't do comfort foods; maybe these are comfort clothes?

pat said...

Oh, you are so inspiring. I love this blouse. I need to look at things with different eyes.

Ricë said...

That's it exactly: looking at things with different eyes. Sometimes it fails me, and then later I'll go, "Oh, man! That would have been perfect if I'd . . . ."

Zom said...

Gee, the cutting it shorter in front really made it. About the colour, denim and faded denim both look fabulous with your 'usual' colours.

Paula K. Cravens said...

Rice, you have inspired me to take chances with my own wardrobe. I mean, really, why be normal? I spent years trying to fit in. Now, I just want to be myself.

Steph said...

Got the exact same... well I have not altered it... love what you did with it!

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